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Thursday, June 7, 2007 12:00 AM

Healthy, my ass

Many blacks love big women, but having a rump the size of Buffie the Body's can put women at risk for disease.
By Debra Dickerson

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  • Thursday, June 7, 2007 09:57 AM

    Thickness And Obesity Are Not The Same

    I'm sorry, but no one likes their partner to be "obese". Being thick, having meat on your bones, and being "obese" are quite different. There are no "obese" women being exoticized in rap videos.

    Also, Dickerson's article completely ignores the link between obesity and poverty to make her argument that black standards of beauty are responsible for obesity.

    It seems to me that lack of access to cheap, healthy food is a far more likely cause of obesity than standards of beauty that don't expect a woman to be pencil thin.

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